And here's Adrian's Kapow! Comic Con Day One overview!

The UK's in the middle of a mini-heatwave this weekend, the sun has been blazing down here in North London all day, so it's a tribute to the lineup at the inaugural Kapow comic-con in that thousands of people want to spend their days off not in pub beers gardens or haviong barbeques, but rather indoors, in a big convention hall in Islington.

The living legend that is Mark Millar has an impressive contacts book - and is partly responsible for getting Kapow! off the ground - he's officially listed as the con's 'ambassador' - but massive kudos to sisters Lucy and Sarah Unwin, who set the whole thing up and have been incredibly helpful today. The theory was to bring a taste of the San Diego con experience over here to good old Blightly, where people like me have for years been yearning for an event just like this.

If Day 1 is anything to go by, Kapow is a great success, and long may it reign for years to come ("we wanted to make it affordable in the first year," Mark joked to me earlier - "next year we'll massively ramp up the prices"). It's been a flurry of activity here - the day kicked off with a fun gameshow style event in the Gallery Hall, hosted by TV and radio personality (and emerging comic book brain) Jonathan Ross, which featured a panel of comic book pros taking on some fanboys picked from the audience (actually one boy and one girl), whose team was captained by Stewart Lee. The pros were Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons and John Romita jr, who faced a volley of some of the most hardcore comic book questions I've ever heard. For example, does anyone know what white Kryptonite does to Superman? I didn't either, but now I do.

Most of the morning was taken up by purely comic panels and presentations - including one on how to break into Marvel comics (they have a big presence here this weekend), a heartwarming '200AD Mega-Star Panel' and a DC Superstars creators panel featuring Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, Phil Cornell and Peter Milligan. But back in the main mezzanine there was a really good, eclectic mix of comic stalls, games demos, signings from the likes of Chris Weston, Jock, Steve Yeowell, David Lloyd, Bryan Hitch and Simon Furman. Really well organised, and was obvious everyone was having a great time.

But then it was on to the movie stuff, where my interests really lie. Several key summer comic book movie releases are represented here - with a few big exceptions (Cap? X-Men?). I've written seperate articles two of the biggest highlights of the day, the Green Lantern Panel, and the really brilliant Thor presentation (which featured the hammer-weilder himself, Chris Hemsworth, along with his pesky brother Loki).

There were one or two groans I heard from some attendees about the length of queues and some of the way that was managed - but I think that's pretty normal on the first day of a major event like this one. Here's what the inside of the main auditorium looked like just before one of the big panels started (they were pretty strict during presentations about no photos - and had their night vision goggles to catch any rule-breakers).

I'll be back with more from Kapow! tomorrow - another sunny day is planned if you're in London and planned on heading on down. Mr Millar has to be up bright and early for a panel he's on at 10:30am - last I saw of him, he was wandering down upper street in search of a curry...

Hahah...if only you could make me angry. But no, you are like a wayward child, angry about your own ignorance in a world seemingly to complex for your tiny brain.
Fear not! I shall teach you, my son. Come to me and be spanked.

The fact that you continued our feud in another thread makes me afraid. Are you really that angry and upset that I pointed out that you are a complete moron?
Calm down, boy. By the way, yes, I would like to share the video we have made of me loving you in your butt.

You give yourself too much credit ... I'll continue this "feud" in this thread and a thousand like it ... making cunts like you jump though hoops never gets dull, you are a predictable forum troll and every post I make just seems to anger you further .... face red yet??

...Alas Jane was not there unfortunately. I saw Mr Ross arrive and leave on his own. Just coincidence, not stalking :-)
I was 3 rows back for the the first Quiz panel that Jonathan did and I was actually sat behind a bit of a Jane lookalike with the bright red hair and everything.
Twas a great day. Long live Kapow!

Great though those cosplayers mostly are- and I'd like to take a moment to say how especially impressive Bane was in case there's any possibility that he might be able to track me down- one slightly depressing thought occurs:
That's the only cosplay pic I think I've ever seen where people are still clutching their carrier bags. Seems in modern day Britain, even our superheroes are paranoid about getting their stuff nicked :P

I repeat WTF? That term should be only used, in comics, for guys like Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Heck Alan Moore and Frank Miller(once upon a time) are ground breakers but I'd still feel uncomfortable deeming them Living Fucking Legends.
Geez while you're at it why don't you call Geoff Johns, Brubaker and Bendis Living Legends too while you're at it. The hyperbole is unbelievable.